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1L Law Library Survival Guide
This guide provides an introduction for a new law student to the print and electronic resources in a law library. There are brief explanations of the law library and the types of legal resources.
Survival Guide Introduction
Library Basics
Bluebook resources
Bluebook resources
Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg, CALI, BarBri
Database Troubleshooting
Study Guides and Past Exams
Research 101 - intro to legal materials and abbreviations
What are Secondary Sources?
Primary Sources of the Law - Federal & NY
Court Cases - finding and research
What is Shepardizing?
The Role of Statutes and Constitutions
What is Administrative Law?
Research instruction videos
Legal Research Guides
Bluebook resources
The Bluebook
(print edition)
The Bluebook 22nd ed.
by
Harvard Law Review Association (Compiled by)
Call Number: Most recent edition is kept on Reserve - 1L Bookshelf
ISBN: 9798218574574
Publication Date: 2025-05-15
The Bluebook provides the comprehensive standardized citation for the legal profession in the United States.
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